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STEPHENSON, Leonard William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 401680 |
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Enlisted: | 28 March 1941, Melbourne, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 101 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1917 |
Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
Schooling: | Mildura High School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Wine Maker |
Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 16 September 1942, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 8. E. 3. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 401680 | |
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28 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 401680, No. 101 Squadron (RAF), Melbourne, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Armstrong Stephenson and Eva Muriel Stephenson; husband of Alice Jean Stephenson, of Mildura, Victoria
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF JEAN. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN..."
Leonard was a member of the crw of a Wellington aircraft which was lost while on an operational flight on the night of 16th/17th September 1942.